Toe-rail for vehicles



(No Model.)

H. C. SWAN.

TOE RAIL FOR VEHICLES.

No. 597,568. Patented Jam 18, 1898.

INVENTOR WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HENRY C. SWAN, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

TOE-RAlL roe VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,568, dated January18, 1898.

Application filed fie t 'b 4, 1897. Serial No. 650,572. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY G. SWAN, of Oshkosh, in the county ofWinnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Toe-Rails for Vehicles, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Figure l is a top plan view of my improved rail,and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same.

My invention relates to the toe-rails employed upon vehicles and isdesigned to greatly cheapen and simplify their construction.I-Ieretofore, especially upon vehicles having extended toe-boards infront of the body, the toe-rails have been very expensive tomanufacture, the feet being either forged solid with or welded to therod-or rail proper. My invention overcomes this difficulty; and itconsists of a rod forming the rail proper, in combination with bracketshaving barrels or collars through which the rod passes, the rod beingsecured to these brackets.

In the drawings, 2 represents a wroughtiron rail which is bent,preferably while cold, into the arc of a circle.

3 represents an end bracket or support having at its outer end a barrelor eye 4, through which the rail is passed, the end portion 5 of therail then being curved back and secured within a socket 6 in-thebracket. The inner end of the bracket is provided with a perforated bossor plate 7, through which the bolt passes which secures the device tothe toe-board. I use a pair of these end brackets, as shown, and alsopreferably employ a central bracket 8, having a perforated support 9 andan outer barrel 10, which surrounds the central portion of the railproper.

The advantages of my invention are due to the cheapness and simplicityof the device, the parts of which are easily formed and assembled.

Many variations in the shape of the rail and the supporting-brackets maybe made by the skilled mechanic without departing from my invention,since What I claim is 1. The combination with a curved toe-rail, of endbrackets each having a barrel or eye through which the rod passes andeach also having a socket which receives the end of the rod.

2. The combination with a curved toe-rail, of a central bracket havingan eye for the 55 rod, and end brackets each having an eye for the rodand also a socket receiving the end of the rod, said brackets having aperforated base arranged to be secured to the vehicle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 60 my haudq I HENRY C. SWAN.

Witnesses:

THOMAS E. BECKWITH, DANZIE W. GABRINGTON.

